A special exhibition full of historical charm and artistic charm - "Porcelain and Splendour - The Chinese University of Hong Kong Heritage Collection Wide Enamel Special Exhibition". The protagonist here is Guangenamelang, which is commonly known as "foreign porcelain". They are not only porcelain, but also the spark of the collision of Chinese and Western cultures. Each piece of work is beautiful and enchanting!

This paper introduces how Guangfang enamel was introduced from the Western countries, and then through the learning and improvement of Chinese artisans, the integration of culture and aesthetics, and then exported to the Western countries by us, introducing different materials, techniques and traditional patterns, such as wire enamel, transparent enamel and painted enamel
Palace production and Guangdong folk production, the ancestors of the aesthetic and craftsmanship is really charming ah.

Imagine those ancient craftsmen, with their skill and creativity, blending Western enamel skills with Chinese porcelain art to create these unique works of art. It's so colorful and it's so detailed! Walking into the exhibition is like traveling through time and space, discovering new stories with each step. Whether you're a history buff, an art nerd, or just looking for something new to do, there's something for you!

📆 Exhibition time: 4.30-7.21
📍 Address: Exhibition Hall 1, 1 / F, World Expo Museum (Exit 2, World Expo Museum Station)
⏱️ Tour duration: 30min-1h (My visiting habit is to get to know the main exhibits first. If I am interested in the exhibits, I will stop for a little longer, read the labels, see the details and take photos for less than one hour)
🎫 Admission: free without reservation (closes at 17:00

It is recommended to take a brochure next to the service desk, and you can roughly look before entering the exhibition hall to understand the main exhibits, and you can purposefully focus on observing your favorite cultural relics when watching. Recently there are Minor heat solar terms of the chapter, enamel exhibition exit can line up to stamp, you can bring a book set this special chapter.

The exhibition is divided into three parts: communication, blending, communication, a total of 136 pieces/sets of Canton enamel, is represented by Kang Yongqian in the Qing Dynasty Guangdong copper painting enamel "Canton enamel", the exhibits are very colorful, the exhibition is also very careful, very out of the piece. There are also many small ingenious ideas in the introduction of the exhibits, which is an aesthetic feast of the integration of Chinese and Western cultures.

These palace enamel with its fine craft and beautiful shape, reflecting the royal aesthetic and technical level of high standards, many objects to now look at are very advanced existence. For example: the blue tube cup, which is respected by scholars as the most elegant wine set, imitated the shape of lotus leaves, and its flower stem is empty and straight to the bottom, which is equivalent to today's straw cup. Twig passionflower grain melon box, box shape like melon, green pattern neatly arranged into melon lines, very image. Jindi landscape map hot pot, hot pot four sides painted landscape, houses, children, farmers and other life scenes, all kinds of beautiful patterns.

Eighteen pictures can not put down this piece of fine art, it is recommended that children can also go to see, the enamel color and pattern applied to art works or life, is absolutely unique. Enamel, like a dancer in gorgeous costumes, dances gracefully on the stage of history, and every step is exciting and fascinating.


Personally, I think the most attractive place of enamel is in the very fine painting of the extremely complex court paintings, as well as bright and pure color matching, fruit insects and flowers patterns really deep in my heart, feel the advanced aesthetic ancestors!!! There is also the embodiment of the spirit of craftsmanship, it is difficult to imagine how such a small instrument is painted on such a fine and complicated pattern, and then also faint color.